More specifically, Thursday is my favorite day. The anticipation of Friday and the weekend is so much fun. Personally, I find the anticipation of things more exciting than actual things. What does that say about me? Hmmm. Perhaps I need to enjoy the moment more?

Yes yes.

Well, I certainly enjoyed this moment.

I don’t think it’s any secret that I have developed a severe donut obsession over the last year. Which is just nuts, considering for nearly 30 years I didn’t have much of a desire to eat donuts. That’s practically blasphemy because of how sweet my teeth are.

I must be going through one of those whole palette changing phases. Is that really a thing? And if so, can we change my palette to want lots of green things? Excellent.

I’m still sort of snobby about my doughnuts, and yes I’m well aware that I keep writing “donut” and “doughnut.” I want to use both words! Life’s not fair.

But yeah… snobby donut eater I am. First off, they have to be fresh. If you’ve ever seen the Five Year Engagement (which I sort of think is one of the worst movies in the world even though I have a major crush on Jason Segel) they even do experiments with people who eat stale donuts. It’s sort of funny and sort of dumb and sort of… true?

I don’t know. I just know I wasted a good three hours of my life watching that movie alone one Saturday night and was unenthused. And I’m a terrible critic.

Anyhoo: my donuts must be fresh fresh fresh. I don’t like cream-filled donuts. Don’t give me any powdered sugar ones. Fruit filled? No way. My favorites are sugared and anything chocolate frosted. I did try that brownie batter donut that Dunkin was touting around Valentine’s Day and ummm… it made me want to die. Like complete sugar bomb went off in my mouth. Not in a good way. And this is ME we are talking about.

I do know one thing: I will stop at nothing to use my fair share of sprinkles.

These cake doughnuts are super easy (for doughnuts) and yes – fried. I actually like baked doughnuts, but if I am going to make a donut and eat a donut, I’m going to fry that sucker. These don’t taste EXACTLY like the cake ones you’d get from Dunkin, but they are pretty close and darn delicious. The chocolate glaze is so good too. If you don’t want to go to the extra hassle, you can use a simple ganache, but this glaze plus sprinkles plus this donut… I’m done.

Directions:

In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Make a well in the center.

In a large measuring glass, whisk together milk, egg, butter and vanilla extract. Pour into the center of the dry ingredients then mix with a large spoon. Stir until dough is combined but do not overmix. The dough will be sticky! Cover with plastic wrap and set the bowl in the fridge for 1 hour.

After and hour, remove dough and place on a well floured surface. Roll dough out to be about 1/2-3/4 inch thick. Using a doughnut cutter, biscuit cutter or... something round, cut circles into the dough. To cut out the center, I used the wide bottom of a frosting tip, but you can also use a bottle cap or something of the sort.

Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat so it's about 2-3 inches deep. Once the oil hits 360-365 degrees, fry the doughtnuts 2-3 at a time, for about 2 minutes per side, or until puffed and golden brown. Make sure you use a candy thermometer as this is the only way to determine the temperature! I have burned many doughnuts in my life. It is not pretty. Remove doughnuts with a slotted spoon and let cool on a paper towel. Repeat with remaining.

While doughnuts are cooling, heat a small saucepan over medium heat and add butter, vanilla, corn syrup and milk. Whisk to combine and once butter is melt, reduce heat to low and add chopped chocolate. Whisk ask to combine, then once smooth, remove from heat and stir in powdered sugar. Stir continuously until it is all dissolve and no lumps remain. Dunk each doughnut into the glaze, then cover with sprinkles. Let set for about 30 minutes.

cake donuts are my FAVORITE. Mainly because other donuts just melt in your mouth and I feel like they go too fast. Cake donuts, however, can be enjoyed with a glass of milk and they take a while to eat. Delicious.

thursdays are my favorite days too Jessica!! Love the anticipation :) Sundays are NOT my favorite days. Ugh! I love cake donuts! I’ve never made donuts completely from scratch (in oil, just baked) and each new donut recipe of yours inspires me to try. PS: chocolate frosted + sprinkles is only the best kind there is!

We are on the same page with alla this stuff. Cake donut + chocolate + sprinkles? Check. Using both donut & doughnut? Check. Secret crush on Jason Segal? Check. Not so impressed (but wish I had been) with The 5-Year Engagement? Check. Oh!! And fry the cake donuts. Yesssssss.

These look amazing Jess! As a kid, I was allll about the sprinkle donuts. Then I went through a phase where I loved the powdered ones with the jam inside (but NOT custard). I was never too into the chocolate ones, but chocolate icing was just fine. I can’t really remember the last time I had one, but I remember over the Christmas holidays, Bed Bath and Beyond had TONS of mini donut makers and cake pop makers. Tis the season I suppose! Happy Thursday!

These look delicious! I tried making apple cider donuts this fall and failed with the frying. It seemed like it took forever and I could never get them to the right done-ness. I’ll have to give yours a try.

This is my second favorite kind of donut (first is glazed) and these look PERFECT–this might actually persuade me to fry something.

I also watched Five Year Engagement alone on a Saturday night and I also felt like it was a complete waste of my time. The only thing I liked about it was the love that Michigan got but really they were kind of bashing MI too…

Your comment about your palette changing. . . you can change your own palette by exposing it to things. For years I didn’t like bell peppers. I made a point of eating them regularly- I like them now. It’s worked with other things too. Sometimes it’s just a matter of adjusting it! Sometimes it isn’t, but it is a surprisingly adaptable thing.

I fear I’ve been living under a rock because I’ve seen doughnut pans and biscuit cutters but never knew there was such a thing as a doughnut cutter. I love that idea! My parents had a doughnut maker and I remember a few times when they would make them for us. There’s something about homemase doughnuts that are so light and fluffy and delicious.

Ohhhh, cake donuts. They are my favorite! And these look so beautiful.

And yeah, the Five-Year Engagement really didn’t do it for me, either! I just felt like you could have taken about half an hour of drama out of the movie and it would have been so much better! I just got bored with it after a while.

I had to laugh when you first talked about stale donuts, my mind immediately jumped to that movie. I just watched it on tv last week for the first time..I agree, not impressed! These donuts look great, though!

These look like they have such a thick + crusty exterior. AHH! Yum. I am also not a fan of jelly or cream filled donuts. My all-time fav’s are with a thin glaze all the way around, piled with powdered sugar, or cinnamon sugar topped.

9 times out of 10, I reach for a donut with sprinkles…I can’t help it! I just posted blueberry donuts, and I kind of wish they were these now, ha! Unless there’s a coconut raised donut around, then I’m all over that.

Thank goodness you made these! Everytime I’m on Instagram people are posting pictures of sprinkled covered donuts from Dunkin Donuts and I want to die because we don’t have those where I live. Yeah how uncool of the state of Minnesota, right? Now if I could only figure out if it’s doughnut or donut? ….I will never know.

1. Thank you for making these, because donuts/doughnuts are the best ever.
2. Thank you for addressing the fact that the 5-year Engagements sucked real bad. I thought I was the only one who thought that!

Ok so my boyfriend’s favorite donut at Dunkin is the “old-fashioned” (because he’s 80 apparently) and I’m wondering if this recipe is basically an old-fahioned with glaze, right? Maybe a pinch of nutmeg would do the trick? I think if I replicated an old-fashioned he might propose to me.

These make me want to CRY I want one so bad! I gave up deep fried/fast food, alcohol (I know… I KNOW) and potato/tortilla chips (I specify these because I still have pita chips because they are baked, not fried). SOOOOOOO yes, I’m going crazy between having salads or sandwiches for lunch. And I would murder the EFF out of these bad boys. :[

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I’m Jessica and this is where I share my stuff. You will find a balance of healthy recipes, comfort food and indulgent desserts.

I am madly, passionately, inexplicably in love with food. Bacon makes me beam. Chocolate makes me shout from the rooftops with joy. Vegetables and I are the best of frenemies. My perfect world would include none of them.
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